Published: 2021-12-26

Rejection of an Inheritance on Behalf of a Child when the Liabilities of the Estate are Equal to or Exceed its Assets: Comments in the Context of Resolution No. III CZP 102/17 Passed by the Polish Supreme Court on 22 May 2018

Agnieszka Ogrodnik-Kalita
Zeszyty Prawnicze
Section: Artykuły
https://doi.org/10.21697/zp.2021.21.4.04

Abstract

This paper discusses Resolution No. III CZP 102/17 passed by the Supreme Court of the Republic of Poland on 22 May 2018, which states that “the rejection of an inheritance by the parents of a child who is a minor is an act which exceeds the scope of the ordinary management of the child’s property.” I examine the rejection of an inheritance on behalf of a child as an act which is part of the management of the child’s property, describing the criteria determining which aspects of such a rejection are ordinary acts of management, and which aspects are acts exceeding ordinary management. I observe that the factors mentioned in the legal doctrine and in the jurisprudence relating to such cases do not allow us to classify a decision to refuse to inherit an estate with outstanding debts as an act exceeding the scope of ordinary management. I describe what happens if the parents submit a declaration rejecting an inheritance on behalf of their child without obtaining the consent of the guardianship court; and I conduct a critical analysis of the part the sanction of absolute invalidity plays in the protection of the child’s interests. Another important issue I discuss is the role and duty of the notary public who makes a record of a declaration on the rejection of an inheritance on behalf of a child.

Keywords:

property; child, debt; the estate of a deceased person; consent of court; notary public.

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Ogrodnik-Kalita, A. (2021). Rejection of an Inheritance on Behalf of a Child when the Liabilities of the Estate are Equal to or Exceed its Assets: Comments in the Context of Resolution No. III CZP 102/17 Passed by the Polish Supreme Court on 22 May 2018. Zeszyty Prawnicze, 21(4), 91–118. https://doi.org/10.21697/zp.2021.21.4.04

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